6,000 police officers were deployed on Sunday and 7,000 on Monday in the Notting Hill Gate and Ladbroke Grove area to man the festival, with new technology being used to scan faces as the Met crackdown on crime at the second biggest carnival procession in the world.

Deputy head of training, Supt Robyn at the Met Police, told visitors to the carnival: "We need you to be safe.

"Do not bring valuables and follow the instructions of police and staff at the carvival."

Watch a lighter moment from the carnival as police officer is left flustered by twerking women